## Zechariah Chapter 1

###### Zechariah 1:1
[Zechariah 1:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Zechariah/r/1:1)

בַּחֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ הַשְּׁמִינִ֔י בִּשְׁנַ֥ת שְׁתַּ֖יִם לְדָרְיָ֑וֶשׁ הָיָ֣ה דְבַר־יְהֹוָ֗ה אֶל־זְכַרְיָה֙ בֶּן־בֶּ֣רֶכְיָ֔ה בֶּן־עִדּ֥וֹ הַנָּבִ֖יא לֵאמֹֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
In the eighth month, in the second year of Daryavesh, the word of the Lord came to Zekharya, the son of Berekhya, the son of ῾Iddo the prophet, saying,


###### Zechariah 1:2
[Zechariah 1:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Zechariah/r/1:2)

קָצַ֧ף יְהֹוָ֛ה עַל־אֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם קָֽצֶף׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The Lord has been much displeased with your fathers.


###### Zechariah 1:3
[Zechariah 1:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Zechariah/r/1:3)

וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵהֶ֗ם כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ יְהֹוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת שׁ֣וּבוּ אֵלַ֔י נְאֻ֖ם יְהֹוָ֣ה צְבָא֑וֹת וְאָשׁ֣וּב אֲלֵיכֶ֔ם אָמַ֖ר יְהֹוָ֥ה צְבָאֽוֹת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord of hosts; Turn to me, says the Lord of hosts, and I will return to you, says the Lord of hosts.


###### Zechariah 1:4
[Zechariah 1:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Zechariah/r/1:4)

אַל־תִּהְי֣וּ כַאֲבֹֽתֵיכֶ֡ם אֲשֶׁ֣ר קָרְאֽוּ־אֲלֵיהֶם֩ הַנְּבִיאִ֨ים הָרִֽאשֹׁנִ֜ים לֵאמֹ֗ר כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ יְהֹוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת שׁ֤וּבוּ נָא֙ מִדַּרְכֵיכֶ֣ם הָרָעִ֔ים (ומעליליכם) [וּמַֽעַלְלֵיכֶ֖ם] הָֽרָעִ֑ים וְלֹ֥א שָׁמְע֛וּ וְלֹֽא־הִקְשִׁ֥יבוּ אֵלַ֖י נְאֻם־יְהֹוָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Be not like your fathers, to whom the former prophets cried, saying, Thus says the Lord of hosts; Turn now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, or hearken to me, says the Lord.


###### Zechariah 1:5
[Zechariah 1:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Zechariah/r/1:5)

אֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם אַיֵּה־הֵ֑ם וְהַ֨נְּבִאִ֔ים הַלְעוֹלָ֖ם יִֽחְיֽוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?


###### Zechariah 1:6
[Zechariah 1:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Zechariah/r/1:6)

אַ֣ךְ**׀** דְּבָרַ֣י וְחֻקַּ֗י אֲשֶׁ֤ר צִוִּ֙יתִי֙ אֶת־עֲבָדַ֣י הַנְּבִיאִ֔ים הֲל֥וֹא הִשִּׂ֖יגוּ אֲבֹתֵיכֶ֑ם וַיָּשׁ֣וּבוּ וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר זָמַ֜ם יְהֹוָ֤ה צְבָאוֹת֙ לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת לָ֔נוּ כִּדְרָכֵ֙ינוּ֙ וּכְמַ֣עֲלָלֵ֔ינוּ כֵּ֖ן עָשָׂ֥ה אִתָּֽנוּ׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers? so that they repented and said, As the Lord of hosts intended to do to us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so has he dealt with us.


###### Zechariah 1:7
[Zechariah 1:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Zechariah/r/1:7)

בְּיוֹם֩ עֶשְׂרִ֨ים וְאַרְבָּעָ֜ה לְעַשְׁתֵּֽי־עָשָׂ֥ר חֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ הוּא־חֹ֣דֶשׁ שְׁבָ֔ט בִּשְׁנַ֥ת שְׁתַּ֖יִם לְדָרְיָ֑וֶשׁ הָיָ֣ה דְבַר־יְהֹוָ֗ה אֶל־זְכַרְיָה֙ בֶּן־בֶּ֣רֶכְיָ֔הוּ בֶּן־עִדּ֥וֹא הַנָּבִ֖יא לֵאמֹֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
On the twenty fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Shevat, in the second year of Daryavesh, the word of the Lord came to Zekharya, the son of Berekhya, the son of ῾Iddo the prophet,


###### Zechariah 1:8
[Zechariah 1:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Zechariah/r/1:8)

רָאִ֣יתִי**׀** הַלַּ֗יְלָה וְהִנֵּה־אִישׁ֙ רֹכֵב֙ עַל־ס֣וּס אָדֹ֔ם וְה֣וּא עֹמֵ֔ד בֵּ֥ין הַהֲדַסִּ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּמְּצֻלָ֑ה וְאַחֲרָיו֙ סוּסִ֣ים אֲדֻמִּ֔ים שְׂרֻקִּ֖ים וּלְבָנִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
saying, I saw in the night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle bushes that were in the glen; and behind him were there red horses, sorrel, and white.


###### Zechariah 1:9
[Zechariah 1:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Zechariah/r/1:9)

וָאֹמַ֖ר מָה־אֵ֣לֶּה אֲדֹנִ֑י וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֗י הַמַּלְאָךְ֙ הַדֹּבֵ֣ר בִּ֔י אֲנִ֥י אַרְאֶ֖ךָּ מָה־הֵ֥מָּה אֵֽלֶּה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then I said, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said to me, I will show thee what these are.


###### Zechariah 1:10
[Zechariah 1:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Zechariah/r/1:10)

וַיַּ֗עַן הָאִ֛ישׁ הָעֹמֵ֥ד בֵּין־הַהֲדַסִּ֖ים וַיֹּאמַ֑ר אֵ֚לֶּה אֲשֶׁ֣ר שָׁלַ֣ח יְהֹוָ֔ה לְהִתְהַלֵּ֖ךְ בָּאָֽרֶץ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the man that stood among the myrtle bushes answered and said, These are they whom the Lord has sent to walk to and fro in the earth.


###### Zechariah 1:11
[Zechariah 1:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Zechariah/r/1:11)

וַֽיַּעֲנ֞וּ אֶת־מַלְאַ֣ךְ יְהֹוָ֗ה הָֽעֹמֵד֙ בֵּ֣ין הַהֲדַסִּ֔ים וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ הִתְהַלַּ֣כְנוּ בָאָ֑רֶץ וְהִנֵּ֥ה כׇל־הָאָ֖רֶץ יֹשֶׁ֥בֶת וְשֹׁקָֽטֶת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And they answered the angel of the Lord that stood among the myrtle bushes, and said, We have walked to and fro in the earth, and, behold, all the earth sits still, and is at rest.


###### Zechariah 1:12
[Zechariah 1:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Zechariah/r/1:12)

וַיַּ֣עַן מַלְאַךְ־יְהֹוָה֮ וַיֹּאמַר֒ יְהֹוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת עַד־מָתַ֗י אַתָּה֙ לֹֽא־תְרַחֵ֣ם אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלַ֔͏ִם וְאֵ֖ת עָרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֑ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר זָעַ֔מְתָּה זֶ֖ה שִׁבְעִ֥ים שָׁנָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then the angel of the Lord answered and said, O Lord of hosts, how long wilt Thou not have mercy on Yerushalayim and on the cities of Yehuda, against which Thou hast had indignation these seventy years?


###### Zechariah 1:13
[Zechariah 1:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Zechariah/r/1:13)

וַיַּ֣עַן יְהֹוָ֗ה אֶת־הַמַּלְאָ֛ךְ הַדֹּבֵ֥ר בִּ֖י דְּבָרִ֣ים טוֹבִ֑ים דְּבָרִ֖ים נִחֻמִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the Lord answered the angel that talked with me with good words, words of comfort.


###### Zechariah 1:14
[Zechariah 1:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Zechariah/r/1:14)

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֗י הַמַּלְאָךְ֙ הַדֹּבֵ֣ר בִּ֔י קְרָ֣א לֵאמֹ֔ר כֹּ֥ה אָמַ֖ר יְהֹוָ֣ה צְבָא֑וֹת קִנֵּ֧אתִי לִירוּשָׁלַ֛͏ִם וּלְצִיּ֖וֹן קִנְאָ֥ה גְדוֹלָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
So the angel that spoke with me said to me, Proclaim, saying, Thus says the Lord of hosts; I am zealous for Yerushalayim and for Żiyyon with a great zeal.


###### Zechariah 1:15
[Zechariah 1:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Zechariah/r/1:15)

וְקֶ֤צֶף גָּדוֹל֙ אֲנִ֣י קֹצֵ֔ף עַל־הַגּוֹיִ֖ם הַשַּֽׁאֲנַנִּ֑ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר אֲנִי֙ קָצַ֣פְתִּי מְּעָ֔ט וְהֵ֖מָּה עָזְר֥וּ לְרָעָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And I am very much displeased with the nations that are at ease: for I was a little angry, but they helped forward the affliction.


###### Zechariah 1:16
[Zechariah 1:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Zechariah/r/1:16)

לָכֵ֞ן כֹּֽה־אָמַ֣ר יְהֹוָ֗ה שַׁ֤בְתִּי לִירוּשָׁלַ֙͏ִם֙ בְּֽרַחֲמִ֔ים בֵּיתִי֙ יִבָּ֣נֶה בָּ֔הּ נְאֻ֖ם יְהֹוָ֣ה צְבָא֑וֹת (וקוה) [וְקָ֥ו] יִנָּטֶ֖ה עַל־יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Therefore thus says the Lord; I have returned to Yerushalayim with mercies: my house shall be rebuilt in it, says the Lord of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth over Yerushalayim.


###### Zechariah 1:17
[Zechariah 1:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Zechariah/r/1:17)

ע֣וֹד**׀** קְרָ֣א לֵאמֹ֗ר כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ יְהֹוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת ע֛וֹד תְּפוּצֶ֥נָה עָרַ֖י מִטּ֑וֹב וְנִחַ֨ם יְהֹוָ֥ה עוֹד֙ אֶת־צִיּ֔וֹן וּבָחַ֥ר ע֖וֹד בִּירוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Proclaim further, saying, Thus says the Lord of hosts; My cities shall again overflow with prosperity; and the Lord shall yet comfort Żiyyon, and shall yet choose Yerushalayim.